An enthusiastically written book for readers from YA to armchair adventure lovers who dream of being archaeologists or Egyptologists. --Library Journal An entertaining, illuminating adventure story by a modern-day explorer. --Kirkus Reviews Ryan's observations are intimate, frank, and perceptive, and his spirited adventures in underappreciated avenues of exploration are a boon for armchair and budding archaeologists. --Publishers Weekly Any writer who can make you interested in old rope is worth reading. --St. Paul Pioneer Press This wonderful adventure story should be must reading for anyone aspiring to become an archaeologist, but even those of us who harbor no such dreams will be aching to get a little dirt under our fingernails. --Booklist (starred review) Ryan s observations are intimate, frank, and perceptive, and his spirited adventures in underappreciated avenues of exploration are a boon for armchair and budding archaeologists. --Publishers Weekly Don Ryan is a rare bird a field archaeologist who can write with verve and immediacy. I heartily recommend his book to all Egyptology buffs. --Barbara Mertz ( a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters), author of Temples Tombs, and Hieroglyphs and Red Land, Black Land An enthusiastically written book for readers from YA to armchair adventure lovers who dream of being archaeologists or Egyptologists. --Library Journal Any writer who can make you interested in old rope is worth reading. --St. Paul Pioneer Press An entertaining, illuminating adventure story by a modern-day explorer. --Kirkus Reviews This wonderful adventure story should be must reading for anyone aspiring to become an archaeologist, but even those of us who harbor no such dreams will be aching to get a little dirt under our fingernails. --Booklist (starred review) Don Ryan is a rare bird - a field archaeologist who can write with verve and immediacy. I heartily recommend his book to all Egyptology buffs. --Barbara Mertz ( a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters), author of Temples Tombs, and Hieroglyphs and Red Land, Black Land